1. Augmenting WebCT courses using Podcasting, Screencasting, Blogs and Games Jean-Claude Bradley E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and Sciences Drexel University October 12, 2005 Villanova WebCT Conference

2. Content Assessment Interaction Discussion Board Components of E-Learning Chat E-mail Surveys Tests Quizzes Multimedia Images Text WebCT Lecture Recording MetricsPeer review

3. Content Assessment Interaction Blogs WebCT Games E-Learning is multi-dimensional

4. Podcasting: the automatic distribution of audio files to computers or portable audio devices through a subscription system Screencasting: the delivery of audio and screen capture recordings via download or streaming media links Platform: blog Component: Content Channel: podcasting Platform: WebCT/ blog Component: Content Channel: screencasting

5. Lecture Recording Process Start Camtasia Recording Teach on laptop or tablet PC as usual Stop Camtasia Recording Convert avi to Flash or Real Media Upload to Server (screencast) ModularizePodcast CORE OPTIONAL

6. Podcasting MP3s and PDFs through iTunes

7. CHEM 241 89 students CHEM 243 64 students Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast channels

8. CHEM 241 130 students this term CHEM 243 2 students this term Long term trends for Open Courseware RSS feeds In World Lecture Hall

9. The Game Platform: The EduFrag Project Assessment Content Interaction Quizzes in a 3- D world The Study Room Student-Student Collaboration or Competition Instructor Guided Tours First Person Shooter Modding (Unreal Tournament)

10. Platform: game (Unreal Tournament) Component: content, assessment Channel: quiz questions on walls Platform: game (Unreal Tournament) Channel: chat, body gestures Component: interaction

11. Take-home message Think in terms of multiple channels and platforms to meet your teaching objectives http://drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com http://drexel-coas-talks-mp3-podcast.blogspot.com http://edufrag.blogspot.com Bottom-up open courseware strategies have an important role to play in global education

12. Issues Open/Closed Content Student/Teacher Privacy Appropriate Content Time requirement Spam Should you host your blogging system?

13. Risk Minimization in An E-Learning Migration Strategy chalkboard overheads laptop Tablet PC recording Voluntary Online quizzes Tests/exams Student feedbackStudent behavior procrastination OFFLINE laptop HYBRIDFULLY ONLINE Paper quizzes/tests No quizzes screencast archive podcast archive CONTENT ASSESSMENT Email or survey

14. Barriers to Open Courseware in Higher Education Time Risk Failure Risk Intellectual Property Risk Institutional Recognition Approaches to Open Courseware in Higher Education Top-Down (CMS, formal peer-review, institutional oversight) Bottom-Up (blogs, wikis, podcasts and other RSS technologies)

15. Does a Podcast Make a Sound if it Lives Behind a Firewall? Anyone Can do it so Someone Will do it Either be First or be Forgotten High Quality Open Courseware is Inevitable

16. Platform: blog Component: content Channel: screencast, podcast, lecture notes Platform: blog Component: interaction Channel: comments

19. Using Blogger and Feedburner to create podcasts

20. Replication of the Bottom-Up Model: Michelle Francl at Bryn Mawr

21. CHEM 241 89 students CHEM 243 64 students Midterm Feedburner stats

22. Archived Lectures change the role of the teacher

23. Platform: blog Component: interaction Channel: FAQ, comments

24. Platform: blog Component: assessment Channel: post assignments

26. Platform: blog Component: assessment Channel: peer-reviewed reference citation

27. Platform: blog Component: interaction (student-student) Channel: advice in blog post

28. Feedback-Intensive Teaching Strategy using WebCT Voluntary Quizzes Test Automatic Make-up In-class review based on histograms of test results Platform: WebCT Component: Assessment Channel: Quiz

29. Correlation of procrastination with performance One day procrastinated = 5% drop in score Platform: WebCT Component: Assessment Channel: Quiz

30. EduFrag Design Modularity Simplicity Quiz-Based – Not Simulation Portability of textures Flexible gameplay modes: non-competitive maze, race, deathmatch, capture the flag, king of the hill, etc. Even in competitive play gore level can be adjusted for each player

31. The EduFrag Wiki and Blog: Open Source Collaboration

32. Platform: game (Wheel of Orgo), blog Component: interaction, content, assessment Channel: Tablet PC, F2F

33. MakeGames: The Class that Didn’t Run

34. Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Open Courseware and RSS